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CHEMTREC employs industry leaders who are constantly working to make sure we are providing the best available chemical response call center for incidents involving hazardous materials. You can count on CHEMTREC to deliver you specialized emergency response information for hazardous materials. In addition to our incident support services, CHEMTREC is known as the world's leading source of information and emergency incident support for shippers of hazardous materials.

Our team of experts are dedicated to keeping you up-to-date with evolving regulations, new compliance management trends and procedures, as well as groundbreaking shifts happening within the industry. Visit our blog frequently to read about industry news, new product offerings and best practices to keep your company compliant and safe.


The 2022 CHEMTREC International Hazmat Summit may be behind us, but we have already started planning for the next biennial event for 2024! If you were lucky enough to join us in New Orleans, here is a recap of the event; if you couldn’t join us, here is what you missed.

With the New Year approaching, the January 1, 2024 deadline for the submission of poison centre information in the new CLP Annex VIII format for industrial mixtures might seem far away, but it is a good time for organizations to make sure that they have plans in place to meet the deadline.

You may think of CHEMTREC as an emergency call center, but we offer so much more. Our spectrum of capabilities and technology enable us to minimize environmental impacts, protect people, and preserve the assets and reputations of our customers.

The American Chemistry Council, (ACC) updated a critical aspect of its Responsible Care® Security Code this past year. Initially published in June of 2002, the ACC Responsible Care Security Code provides a framework for its members to improve the security and safety of their chemical operations throughout the supply chain. As a mandated requirement for ACC membership, conformance to the Responsible Care program and its management systems (either the Responsible Care Management System (RCMS®) or RC14001®) is evaluated by third-party auditors.

CHEMTREC’s Crisis Solutions team recently visited the town of Garnett, Anderson County (KS) to run a full-scale exercise involving a local chemical plant for their local emergency management team and emergency responders. CHEMTREC had worked closely with the Anderson County team for several months to identify credible risks and capabilities which the county needed to test, and to turn this into a viable scenario.

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